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Does Free Will Exist?
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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The Many Roads to Rome
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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The Year's Midnight.
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
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The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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Global Inequality...
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a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Monsters of Mythology
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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3 months ago
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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What Are Conlangs?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
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TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
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Last Chance!
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TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
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The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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A Strange Defeat.
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
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The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Empress Theodora
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
Patterns in Humanity
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In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
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a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
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TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Wrong Side of...
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Flashbak
Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
8 months ago
Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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7 months ago
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
12 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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TheCollector
How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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8 months ago
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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16 hours ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
11 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
a week ago
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
9 months ago
TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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4 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
TheCollector
Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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What Is Populism?
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
11 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Depictions of War by Famous Artists Everyone Should Know
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20 hours ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
a year ago
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
4 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
a month ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
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